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The Denver Zoo offers its visitors a unique opportunity to experience the wonders of nature up close in an intimate, inspiring, and informative way. Not only does it provide an opportunity to connect with wildlife but also with each other. The zoo's campus spans 84 acres and serves as an enchanting urban field station where over 3,000 wild animals act as ambassadors for their wild counterparts worldwide. With over 3,500 animals, such as flamingos, monkeys, lions, gorillas, tigers, hippopotamuses, snakes, fish, hyenas, and turtles, visitors can get a closer look at nature's beauty. The zoo houses its animals in habitats that best replicate their natural environment, resulting in an unforgettable experience for visitors.

See some of the best of Broadway and a few other gems at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Stories like 9 to 5, Les Miserables, Billy Elliot, To Kill A Mockingbird, West Side Story, and The Taming of the Shrew have all been brought to life on the entertainment venue's stage. They are one of the nation's largest non-profit theatre organizations. They inspire daily to create, share, teach, excite, and perform for the community. And as a not-for-profit organization, they owe their existence to every theatre enthusiast's generous support and participation. For every moment of magic you see on stage, hundreds of people make it happen.

The Wings Over the Rockies exhibits allow you to explore and transport yourself to a different time and place. You can get up close and personal with historic aircraft, artifacts, and memorabilia and immerse yourself in the future of aviation and space through realistic flight simulators and events. Wings Over the Rockies is more than just a museum. It's a community organization that strives to unlock visitors' dreams of flight. With exhibitions, events, and educational programming at two locations, Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum and Exploration of Flight, the organization welcomes approximately 160,000 visitors from across the United States and around the world every year.

Dinosaur Ridge is a must-visit site for anyone interested in prehistoric Colorado. Here, you can travel back in time by more than 100 million years. The open-air exhibits showcase genuine dinosaur bones preserved in sandstone and over 300 footprints of dinosaurs found in the top layers of sand and mudstone. If you're looking for a closer look at the beasts of the past, be sure to check out the Dinosaur Ridge Exhibit Hall. This site is exceptional because it was here that the world's first Stegosaurus was discovered. In addition, there are more than 250 remarkable Cretaceous dinosaur tracks, dozens of Jurassic dinosaur bones, and many other trace fossils. Dinosaur Ridge is considered one of the best dinosaur track sites in North America and is among the top such sites in the world, according to a board of respected paleontologists. If you're interested in helping to preserve these treasures, please plan a visit to Dinosaur Ridge.